Word Origin & History

season c.1300, "a period of the year," with ref. to weather or work, from O.Fr. seison (Mod.Fr. saison) "a sowing, planting," from L. sationem (nom. satio) "a sowing," from pp. stem of serere "to sow" (see sow). Sense shifted in V.L. from "act of sowing" to "time of sowing." In O.Fr. and O.Prov. this was extended to "season" in general (sowing season being the most important). Seasonable is first recorded c.1380. Season ticket is attested from 1820.

Example Sentences for season

So on Monday morning they started on the last round of traps for the season.

But the Florida season was over, and I anticipated no trouble in finding one.

Shall I never go to Paris again in the season of lilacs and horse-chestnuts?

It is the season of the unfulfilled desire, the eager hope, the coming surprise.

To me it was really entertaining; I had never been in the depths of New England at that season.

It is a season of rejoicing and festivity all over the country.

But it was late in the season, and so the journey was put off from that summer.

People keep their season there, make their novenas, and obtain their cure.

When fresh tomatoes are out of season, their equivalent in canned may be used.